India, Aug. 28 -- Congress president Sonia Gandhi's comeback as the chief recently might have silenced the Young Turks as well as the old guard in the party about who should replace Rahul Gandhi, but she has her task cut out.

However, it's not as if Sonia doesn't know the problems that beset the party and the challenges that lie ahead, as she was the Congress president for almost two decades before she relinquished the post and Rahul was elected president in 2017.

Sonia took charge of the Congress in 1998 when it was at its lowest ebb, with many leaders leaving the Grand Old Party, but she was able to stop the exodus. She even brought the party back to power in 2004 and then again in 2009.

Now again, an ailing but determined Sonia has ...